Paper dispensing package



Nov. 23, 1943. J. A. DOLL PAPER DISPENSING PACKAGE Filed Jan. 15, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 M ATTORNEY Nov. 23, 1943. J. A. DOLL 2,334,997

PAPER DI SPENS ING PACKAGE Filed Jan. 15, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 'I'ATTORNEY Iii/Eggs Aer H2 Patented Nov. 23, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE PAPER DISPENSING PACKAGE Joseph A. Doll, Mlneola', N. Y.

Application January 15, I941, Serial No. 374,446

(01. zoo-5s) 9 Claims.

This invention relates to a dispensing package from which paper from a roll of waxed or other paper may-be withdrawn and torn oil in sheets of desired length.

The invention aims .to provide such a dispensing package of comparatively low cost and of reduced size as compared to the packages as heretofore commonly made, and one from which sheets of any desired length may be conveniently and quickly separated from the package roll by severing them on lines at right angles to the length of the paper web.

Waxed paper is commonly sold in the form of long strips, or webs, rolled on paper tubes and boxed in cardboard containers rectangular in cross-section from which the paper is drawn out over the edge of a side of the box which serves as a severing edge against which the successive sheets are tensioned at an angle so as to be torn or cut off from the web. In this operation there is a tendency for the paper to be drawn forward from the box over the severing edge, so that, instead of the sheet being torn oil on a line at right angles to the length of the web it is torn on a more or less diagonal line or not torn at all. To overcome this difficulty, it has been customary to provide the container at the edge of the side thereof over which the paper is drawn with a metal strip having a serrated edge. Adding the metal strip with the serrated edge to the box adds very substantially to the cost of the package, and the serrated metal edge is an objectionable feature in such packages because of the danger of injury to the users hands. Containers for such packages have also been made without the metal severing strip but having instead serrations cut in the severing edge of the cardboard. This necessitates the use of a better grade of cardboard or of a st ffening treatment of the edge, thus adding to the expense, and even then this serrated edge of the cardboard is apt to lose its efiectiveness through wear.

According to the present invention, the box, or container, for the paper roll, made most desirably of cardboard, is a three-sided box triangular in cross-section, and most desirably of the shape in cross-section of a right angled triangle, with one side formed by two overlapping wall sections or panels providing a passageway between them through which the paper may be withdrawn, and with the inner, or free, edge of the underlying wall section extending into an acute angled bend between the overlying, or outer, wall section and the wall section to which it is joined, and with the inner or free edge of the underlying wall section provided with a bent-back extension or flap providing a rounded edge about which the paper passes as it is pulled from the roll into the passageway between the overlapping wall sections. In the normal condition of the box,

that is, when its overlapping wall sections are in the relative position which they normally take,

there is a free passageway for the paper sheet about the inner edge of the underlying section within the acute angled bend between the overlying wall section and the adjoining wall section. By a slight pressure of the hand of the user holding the box, however, the overlapping wall sections may be given a slight relative movement whereby the inner edge of the underlying wall section is forced into the angle between the overlying wall section and the adjoining wall section so as to clamp and hold the paper sheet against outward movement during the severing operation.

The edge formed by the comparatively sharp bend between the underlying wall section and the adjacent side section, or panel, of the box meeting at an acute angle serves most desirably as the severing edge against which the drawnout sheet of paper is torn off from the web. This edge, even of a box made of a comparatively inexpensive grade of cardboard such as is in general use for dispensing packages of waxed paper, has

the strength to withstand the wear and tear to which it is subjected and is sharp enough to serve well as a severing edge when the paper is clamped within the container as above described. Alternatively, the free edge of the overlying wall section may be used as the severing edge if the cardboard is of sufficient strength, or if this edge is made of the required strength in any suitatie manner, as by treatment of the cardboard or the attachment of a strip of metal or other material of the required strength. If it is to serve as the severing edge, this edge may, obviously, be serrated, but the resort to the use of a serrated edge is unnecessary when the container is made to embody the feature of the present invention whereby the paper sheet may be clamped and held during the severing operation.

In the new package, instead of having the paper rolled on a tube of considerable size as compared to the total s ze of the roll, as has been the practice and desirable in the customary square boxes, solid coreless rolls of paper may be used, and a comparatively great length of paper may thus be supplied in a container the crossarea of which is only about half that of the cus tomary square box.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a dispensing package embodying the various features of the invention in the form now considered best and a modification thereof. In said drawings: 4

Fig.1 is a perspective view of the dispensing package with the hands of the usertshown in the act of drawing a length of paper out of the container;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view with one of the box ends open;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the drawn out sheet 'of paper turned down to position. for tearing it off along the severing edge of the box and illustrating how by pressure of the users left hand the overlapping side sections of the box are given a relative movement into paper clamping position to hold the paper sheet against outward movement during the severing operation;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a modiflcation; and

Fig. 6 is a view of a cut and scored but unfolded blank from which the container illustrated by Figs. 1 to 4 is formed.

Referring to the drawings, the paper roll l0 housed within the container is most desirably a solid or substantially solid roll, having no core or only a core formed of a rod or tube of very small diameter. The container is made of suitable sheet material, preferably a suitable cardboard, and is triangular in cross-section and of a length and cross-sectional size to receive the paper roll. One of the side walls of the box is formed by overlapping sections, or panels, a

and d which provide 'a passageway libetween them through which the paper may be withdrawn. The inner or free edge of the underlying wall section It extends into an acute angled Ibend between the overlying, or outer, wall section a and the wall section b to which it is joined, and the inner free edge of the underlying wall section has a bent-back extension, or flap, 01' so that the section d is provided with a rounded edge about which the paper is drawn as it is pulled from the roll into the passageway between the overlapping wall sections.

The container is most desirably formed from a blank which is divided by score lines 20 to define four wall sections or panels a, b, c and d and the flap d extending from the free edge of panel d, these score lines being the lines on which the blank is folded to form the triangular container with one wall formed by the overlapping sections a. and d. Most desirably, and as shown, the blank is scored and folded so that the container will be of the shape in cross-section of a .right angled triangle with its wider side formed by the overlapping wall sections, and so that the angle between the overlying section a and the adjacent wall section b and the angle between the underlying section if and the adjacent wall section 0 will be acut angles of approximately 45.

The container i closed at its ends by end closures which serve to hold the side walls in folded position. Most desirably, the end walls are formed by flaps 6 extending from the ends of the outer or overlying wall section a and which are of the triangular shape of the folded box and each of which has extending from its free edge toward the wall section (1 a locking extension I formed to lock into a slot y in the wall section b, and has extending from its free edge toward the outer edge of wall section a a tuck-in flap or tab it which in the folded box lies inside the end wall section c and extends into the angle between wall sections 0 and d, thereby holding section a in its folded position against or close to section 11. The width ofthe tuck-in flap h is such as to permit a limited relative transverse edgewise movement between the overlapping wall sections so that these wall sections may by light pressure be given a relative edgewise movement from their normal position as shown in Fig. 3, in which the inner edge of the underlying wall section is retracted somewhat from the angle between the wall sections a and b so as to permit unrestrained movement of the paper into and through the passageway IE, to a position as shown in Fig. 4 in which the inner edge of the underlying wall section with its bent-over flap d is forced into the angle between the wall sections a and b so as firmly to clamp and hold the paper against moving outward through the passageway under such pull as is liable to be exerted on the paper in the act of tearing off a pulled out sheet along the severing edge of the container.

The edge 25 formed by the sharp bend which joins the underlying wall section it to the adjacent wall section c, meeting at an acute angle, as appears in Figs. 1 to 4, serves as the severing edge past which the paper is drawn out and against which the drawn out length or sheet is torn on from the web. The blank from which the container is made, when made of cardboard having a grain or fiber extending in one direction, as most if not all cardboard has, should be cut so that the folds between'the side wall sections of the box shall extend lengthwise of the grain. l

In obtaining sheets of paper of desired length, the package is most desirably used as follows:

' The container is grasped loosely in the left hand of the user, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the overlapping side wall sections remain in their normal position, as shown best by Fig. 3, leaving the paper free to be pulled out through the passageway i5 past the severing edge 25. The end of the paper strip is then grasped between the thumb and finger of the users right hand at a point near the far end of the container, that is, the end ayvayfrom the user, and the sheet is pulled outwardly until the desired length has been unrolled and drawn out past the severing ed e. To facilitate the grasping of the edge of the paper, a finger cut-out 30 is provided in the free edge of the wall section a at a point near the far end of the container. When the desired length of paper has been pulled out past the severing edge, the pulled out sheet s is bent down over the severing edge as indicated by dotted lines s in Fig. l and as shown in Fig. 4, and a tearing pressure is applied to the paper starting against the far end of the severing edge, while at the same time pressure is applied to the sides a and c of the box as indicated in Fig. 4 so as to press the inner edge of the underlying wall section with its turned-back flap d into the angle between the wall sections a and b,'whereby,-even with comparatively light pressure applied to the container walls, the paper is clamped sufiiciently to prevent the strip from being pulled forward over the severing edge during the severing operation. The desired severing of the paper on a line at right angles to the length of the strip is thus readily attained. When the sheet is pulled out by grasping it near its far edge, as stated, it is unnecessary to change the grip on the sheet in order that the tearing strain shall be initiated at the far end of the severing edge.

While the use of the acute angled bent edge 25 between the underlying wall section and the adjacent section as the severing edge is considered most desirable, the container may be designed for using the free edge of the overlying wall section a as the severing edge, in which case, as shown'by Fig. 5, a finger cut-out 30' is desirably provided in the side walls 0 and d extending through the bent edge between these walls. This cut-out permits the thumb of the user to come into engagement with the paper lying against the wall a in the same manner in which the finger cut-out in the wall a, as shown in Fig. 1, permits the user's thumb to engage the paper lying against the wall d. If the free edge of wall section a is to be used as the severing edge, it must, as before stated, be, or be made, of sufiicient strength to serve the purpose.

What is claimed is:

1. A paper dispensing package, comprising a roll of paper and a container therefor, said container having one of its side walls comprising an overlying wall section and an underlying wall section providing a passageway between them from the interior of the container to a severing edge, said overlying wall section extending at an acute angle from the adjoining wall section, and the inner edge of said underlying wall section normally extending into said angle to a point close to the apex of the angle and serving to clamp the paper when pressed into said angle by pressure on side walls of the container.

2. A paper dispensing package as claimed in claim 1, in which the inner end-edge of said underlying wall section has a bent-back flap providing a slightly rounded edge about which the paper passes.

3. A paper dispensing package, comprising a roll of paper and a cardboard container therefor, said container being triangular in cross-section and having one of its side walls comprising an overlying wall section and an underlying wall section providing a passageway between them from the interior of the container to a severing edge, and having end closing means whereby the side walls are held together in box form with said overlying and underlying wall sections free to be given a slight relative transverse edgewise movement, said overlying wall section extending at an acute angle from the adjoining wall section, and the inner edge of said underlying wall section normally extending into said angle to a point close to the apex of the angle and serving to clamp the paper when pressed into said angle by pressure on side walls of the container.

4. A paper dispensing package as claimed in claim 3, in which the underlying wall section extends at an acute angle to the side wall to which it is connected and a sharp bend at the joining of said walls forms the severing edge.

-5. A paper dispensing package as claimed in claim 3, in which the outer edge of the overlying wall section serves as the severing edge.

6. A paper dispensing package as claimed in claim 3, in which thecontainer is made from a folded blank with its end walls formed by flaps extending from the ends of the overlying wall section, said flaps having each a triangular main portion, a locking extension for making interlocking engagement with the side wall section which adjoins said overlying wall section and an extension which lies inside the side wall section adjoining said underlying wall section and extends into the angle between said sections to hold said overlying and underlying sections together fiatwise while permitting a limited relative transverse edgewise movement between them.

7. A dispensing container for a roll of paper, having one of its side walls comprising an overlying wall section and an underlying wall section providing a passageway between them from the interior of the container to a severing edge, and having end closing means whereby the side walls are held together in box form with said overlying and underlying wall sections free to be given a slight relative transverse edgewise movement, said overlying wall section extending at an acute angle from the adjoining wall section and the inner edge of said underlying wall section normally extending into said angle to a point close to the apex of the angle to clamp the paper when pressed into said angle by pressure'on side walls of the container.

8. A dispensing container as claimed in claim 7, in which the inner end edge of said underlying wall section has a bent back flap providing a slightly rounded edge about which the paper passes.

9. A blank for forming a paper dispensing container, consisting of a rectangular sheet of cardboard scored to define fold lines dividing the sheet into four rectangular wall sections and a narrow flap extending from the free edge of one of the outer Wall sections, and triangular flaps extending from the ends of the other outer wall section to serve as the end closures and each having a secondary flap extending from each of its free edges. one of the secondary flaps of each of said triangular flaps being a locking flap for locking the triangular flap to the adjacent wall section.

J OSEIPH A. DOLL. 

